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David Smith vs Zarah Sultana

A side-by-side comparison of voting participation, party rebellion, topic focus, and recent voting overlap.

Photograph of David Smith
David Smith
Lab North Northumberland
vs
Photograph of Zarah Sultana
Zarah Sultana
YP Coventry South

Voting alignment

David Smith and Zarah Sultana voted the same way 72% of the time, based on 284 shared comparable votes.

204 same votes 80 different votes 284 shared votes

Alignment only includes divisions where both MPs recorded an Aye or No vote. Tellers, absences, abstentions, and missing votes are excluded.

Topic alignment

Closest by topic
6 Aye 5 No
Energy 100% aligned 11 shared votes
6 Aye 5 No
2 Aye 1 No
Foreign Affairs 100% aligned 3 shared votes
2 Aye 1 No
21 Aye 23 No
Tax 93% aligned 44 shared votes
22 Aye 22 No
9 Aye 6 No
Housing 87% aligned 15 shared votes
9 Aye 6 No
28 Aye 8 No
Work / Employment 81% aligned 36 shared votes
23 Aye 13 No
Most different by topic
4 Aye 12 No
Benefits 38% aligned 16 shared votes
8 Aye 8 No
7 Aye 6 No
Devolution / Local Government 38% aligned 13 shared votes
7 Aye 6 No
18 Aye 8 No
Crime / Justice 42% aligned 26 shared votes
9 Aye 17 No
4 Aye 2 No
Digital / Online Safety 50% aligned 6 shared votes
3 Aye 3 No
4 Aye 7 No
Migration 55% aligned 11 shared votes
3 Aye 8 No

Topic alignment uses local topic tags, so a division can count towards more than one topic.

Voting record

69.7%
3% below average
Rank 435 of 649
Participation
74.7%
2% above average
Rank 319 of 649
411
590 eligible divisions
Total votes
1,238
1,658 eligible divisions
202
49.1% of votes cast
Aye votes
639
51.6% of votes cast
209
50.9% of votes cast
No votes
599
48.4% of votes cast
16
3.9% of votes cast
Against party
4
0.3% of votes cast
2 years, 3 months
Since 4 Jul 2024
Commons service
6 years, 9 months
Since 12 Dec 2019

Debates

75
-8.7 vs Commons average
Rank 293 of 649
Appearances
18
-65.7 vs Commons average
Rank 603 of 649
101
-44.9 vs Commons average
Rank 333 of 649
Contributions
20
-125.9 vs Commons average
Rank 606 of 649

Debate figures cover imported Hansard debate appearances from the last 12 months.

Financials and interests

£182,965
all imported IPSA years
Lifetime expenses
£1,325,082
all imported IPSA years
£182,965
19% below average
Latest expenses
£293,732
30% above average
5
2 registered categories
Registered interests
13
6 registered categories
0
matched sponsored bills
Sponsored bills
3
matched sponsored bills

Expenses use IPSA totals for financial year 2024-25. Sponsored bill counts depend on currently imported bill sponsor metadata.

Most active voting topics

Devolution / Local Government
24 of 24 votes
#1
Work / Employment
62 of 67 votes
Migration
13 of 13 votes
#2
Migration
142 of 154 votes
Foreign Affairs
4 of 4 votes
#3
Housing
46 of 54 votes
Work / Employment
37 of 39 votes
#4
Trade
44 of 53 votes
Digital / Online Safety
9 of 11 votes
#5
NHS / Health
39 of 47 votes

Recent voting overlap

Where they voted differently
No
Health Bill: Report Stage: New Clause 140 8 Sept 2026
Aye
No
Health Bill: Report Stage: New Clause 145 7 Sept 2026
Aye
No
Health Bill: Report Stage: New Clause 6 7 Sept 2026
Aye
No
Public Office (Accountability) Bill Report Stage: Amendment 3 14 Jul 2026
Aye
Aye
Immigration and Asylum Bill: Second Reading 13 Jul 2026
Migration
No
Aye
Draft Town and Country Planning (Discharge of Local Planning Authority Functions) (England) Regulations 2026 8 Jul 2026
No
No
Armed Forces Bill Report Stage: New Clause 4 22 Jun 2026
Defence
Aye
No
Railways Bill Remaining Stages: Amendment 143 10 Jun 2026
Transport
Aye
No
Railways Bill Remaining Stages: New Clause 1 10 Jun 2026
Transport
Aye
No
Armed Forces Bill Committee: New Clause 13 2 Jun 2026
Defence
Aye
Where they voted the same
No
Terminally Ill Adults (End of Life) Bill: Second Reading 11 Sept 2026
No
No
Closure motion 11 Sept 2026
No
No
Social Housing Bill [Lords]: Reasoned Amendment to Second Reading 10 Sept 2026
Housing
No
No
Health Bill: Report Stage: Amendment 1 8 Sept 2026
No
No
Health Bill: Report Stage: New Clause 143 8 Sept 2026
No
Aye
Draft Trade Unions (Permissible Means of Voting) and Employment Rights (Unfair Dismissal) (Amendment) Order 2026 15 Jul 2026
Trade Work / Employment
Aye
Aye
Draft Code of Practice on Electronic and Workplace Ballots for Statutory Trade Union Ballots 15 Jul 2026
Trade Work / Employment
Aye
No
Public Office (Accountability) Bill Report Stage: Amendment 19 14 Jul 2026
No
No
Public Office (Accountability) Bill Report Stage: Amendment 199 14 Jul 2026
No
No
Immigration and Asylum Bill: Reasoned Amendment to Second Reading 13 Jul 2026
Migration
No
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